My husband has written a novel..actually more than one. I *love* them but he's found the whole getting published process so painful he's given up and now his creations are gathering dust in a (virtual) desk drawer. Perhaps I should encourage him to publish under Creative Commons? Any ideas on that?
The way he writes is to make a plot outline, we used to do that together. I have many happy memories of hammering out plot problems with him. Sometimes he'll collect photographs or images for the characters to flesh them out in his head. Once he's happy with the plot he'll sit down and write the whole thing from start to finish. He'll come home from work, put on some headphones and write. He'll keep doing that until it's finished and he'll go through a couple of drafts.
Wish I could do that. I write flash fiction on my blog (
http://grimo1re.wordpress.com/ ) but haven't had time or headspace the past couple of months. Too bad, I'm actually thinking about pulling it down...as I'm just too busy to keep it up on my own right now.